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| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement |
On February 4, 2022, CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc. (the “Issuer”), a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Community Health Systems, Inc. (the “Company”), completed its previously announced offering (the “Notes Offering”) of $1,535,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”). The terms of the Notes are governed by an indenture, dated as of February 4, 2022, among the Issuer, the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto, Regions Bank, as trustee (the “Trustee”), and Credit Suisse AG, as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”) (the “Indenture”).
The Notes bear interest at a rate of 5.250% per year payable semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing on November 15, 2022.
The Notes are unconditionally guaranteed on a senior-priority secured basis by the Company and each of the Issuer’s current and future domestic subsidiaries that provide guarantees under the Issuer’s ABL facility (the “ABL Facility”), any capital market debt securities of the Issuer (including the Issuer’s outstanding senior notes) and certain other long-term debt of the Issuer and the guarantors.
The Notes and the guarantees are secured by (i) first-priority liens on the collateral (the “Non-ABL Priority Collateral”) that also secures on a first-priority basis the Issuer’s existing senior-priority secured notes (the “Existing Senior-Priority Secured Notes”) and (ii) second-priority liens on the collateral (the “ABL-Priority Collateral” and together with the Non-ABL Priority Collateral, the “Collateral”) that secures on a first-priority basis the ABL Facility (and also secures on a second-priority basis the Existing Senior-Priority Secured Notes), in each case subject to permitted liens described in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to the terms of three intercreditor agreements: (1) the intercreditor agreement which governs the relative rights of the secured parties in respect of the ABL Facility, the Existing Senior-Priority Secured Notes, the Issuer’s existing junior-priority secured notes (the “Existing Junior-Priority Secured Notes”) and the Notes (the “ABL Intercreditor Agreement”), (2) the intercreditor agreement which governs the relative rights of the secured parties in respect of the Existing Senior-Priority Secured Notes, the Existing Junior-Priority Secured Notes and the Notes (the “Senior-Junior Intercreditor Agreement”) and (3) the intercreditor agreement which governs the relative rights of holders of the Notes, holders of the Existing Senior-Priority Secured Notes and holders of any future obligations secured on a pari passu basis with the Notes (the “Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement” and, together with the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the Senior-Junior Intercreditor Agreement, the “Intercreditor Agreements”). Each of the Intercreditor Agreements restrict the actions permitted to be taken by the Collateral Agent with respect to the Collateral on behalf of the holders of the Notes.
At any time prior to May 15, 2025, the Issuer may redeem some or all of the Notes at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date plus a “make-whole” premium, as described in the Indenture. On or after May 15, 2025, the Issuer may redeem some or all of the Notes at any time and from time to time at the redemption prices set forth in the Indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date. In addition, at any time prior to May 15, 2025, the Issuer may redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes with the proceeds of certain equity offerings at the redemption price set forth in the Indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date. In addition, at any time prior to May 15, 2025, but not more than once during each twelve-month period commencing on February 4, 2022, the Issuer may redeem up to 10% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes at a price equal to 103% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date.
If the Company or the Issuer experiences a Change of Control (as defined in the Indenture), the Issuer is required to offer to repurchase the Notes at 101% of the principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of repurchase.
The Indenture contains covenants that, among other things, limit the Issuer’s ability and the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to incur or guarantee additional indebtedness, pay dividends or make other restricted payments, make certain investments, incur restrictions on the ability of the Issuer’s restricted subsidiaries that are not guarantors to pay dividends or make certain other payments, create or incur certain liens, sell assets and subsidiary stock, impair the security interests, transfer all or substantially all of the Issuer’s assets or enter into
merger or consolidation transactions, and enter into transactions with affiliates. The Indenture provides for customary events of default which include (subject in certain cases to customary grace and cure periods), among others, nonpayment of principal or interest, breach of other agreements in the Indenture, failure to pay certain other indebtedness, failure to pay certain final judgments, failure of certain guarantees to be enforceable, failure to perfect certain collateral securing the Notes issued pursuant to the Indenture and certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency.
The foregoing summary and description of the Indenture, the Notes, the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the Senior-Junior Intercreditor Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Indenture, the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and the Senior-Junior Intercreditor Agreement, as the case may be, which are filed as Exhibits 4.01, 4.02 and 4.03, respectively, hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 2.03. | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligations or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 2.03.
| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
As previously announced, on January 20, 2022, the Issuer caused to be issued to holders of the 6.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes”) a notice of conditional redemption to redeem on February 4, 2022 all of the 2025 Notes then outstanding at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2025 Notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date, plus a “make-whole” premium as described in the indenture governing the 2025 Notes. On February 4, 2022, the Issuer redeemed all outstanding 2025 Notes using the proceeds from the Notes Offering.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: February 4, 2022 | COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. (Registrant) | |||||
| By: | /s/ Kevin J. Hammons | |||||
| Kevin J. Hammons | ||||||
| President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) | ||||||